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Pakistan Army told to fire at intruding Americans
 Pakistan has issued new rules of engagement permitting its Army to fire at US forces that cross the border from Afghanistan without coordinating first, according to a report contributed to the magazine 'American Conservative' by a former CIA officer.
| Then they've got no bitch when we fire back, do they? |
Philip Giraldi, now an international security consultant and writer of intelligence matters, writes in the February 28 issue of the magazine's 'Deep Background' column that "President Musharraf has been receiving angry reports from his military that US forces have been engaging in hot pursuit across the border in violation of bilateral agreements. Musharraf is also said to be unhappy about the recent abrupt withdrawal of Predators and other surveillance resources from Pakistan for transfer to Iraq for use against Iran. According to high level Pakistani sources, Musharraf and his Army chiefs expended a great deal of political capital in their support of the Al Qaeda hunt, clashing frequently with hostile tribesmen along the border. The US Central Command's January announcement that the drones and other supporting surveillance technologies that were being used against Al Qaeda would be withdrawn to support 'elections in Iraq,' was an unpleasant surprise, particularly when 'in Iraq' turned out to be a euphemism for 'against Iran.
Posted by: Fred 2005-02-22 |
